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Patent GB-189908814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Evaporating or Concentrating Apparatus.
Inventor: MCNEIL JOHN
Filed: 1899-04-27
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 8814. McNeil, J., and McNeil, C. April 27. Concentrating saccharine Liquids and syrups; heating, special means for; multiple-effect apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for-evaporating and concentrating saccharine and other liquids, and the invention may be applied to single evaporators working with or without a vacuum or to multipleeffect apparatus. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section of an evaporator A forming part of a triple-effect apparatus. The invention consists in effecting the evaporation by a number of hollow lens-shaped discs C, which are partly immersed in the liquid to be treated and are mounted on a hollow revolving shaft B, which is divided into three compartments by longitudinal partitions. To the central compartment steam is supplied through the port H<1>, and passes into the discs C. The water of condensation formed in the discs flows away to the external compartments of the shaft B, and is run off through the pipe J<3>. The discs C on one shaft B may be of various sizes, may be plain or corrugated, and may have strengthening internal skeleton frames, gratings, or distance-pieces. Several methods of mounting the discs C on the shaft B are described. The liquid under treatment may be caused to circulate by drawing it off from the bottom of the evaporator through a pipe L' by a pump M', which forces it back through a pipe P<1> into a pipe Q<1> from which the liquid falls in minute streams through pipes R<1> back into the evaporator A. The Provisional Specification states that the circulation may be in the form of a current through the liquid, and that fixed partitions of varying height are placed between the discs to cause the liquid to flow upwards and downwards alternately, on its way from the pump delivery to the pump suction. The Provisional Specification also states that brushes may be fixed in the evaporator so as to free the discs from adhering crystals or substances.
Patent GB-189911081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toasting Forks.
Inventor: LEWIS JAMES
Filed: 1899-05-27
Granted: 1899-09-02
Abstract: 11,081. Lewis, J., and Davies, G. R. May 27. Toasting-appliances.-The fork a is looped at a<2>, and is suspended from the cam-shaped head b<2> of the handle b. On half-turning the handle, the fork is also turned to present a different face to the fire. The fork may be supported near the firebars d by a hanger having side frames c with crosspieces c<3>, c' having depending hooks e. The hanger may be formed of flat plates hinged together so that it may be packed flat.
Patent GB-189918827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Atmospheric Gas Burners.
Inventor: SINNBERG THEODORE ELIAS
Filed: 1899-09-18
Granted: 1900-09-18
Abstract: 18,827. Sinnberg, T. E. Sept. 18. Gas burners.-Atmospheric burners, mainly designed for incandescent lighting purposes, are provided with valves for independently regulating the air and gas supplies, and with burner attachments for producing a luminous flame when damaged mantles cannot be readily replaced. The valve E for regulating the gas supply is mounted upon a tube G which can be adjusted by screwing upon the gas pipe D, and the valve B for regulating the air supply is mounted by a spider b upon a nut. C, which is similarly adjusted upon the pipe D, while the mixing-tube A is fixed upon the pipe D by a spider a'. The employment of the spiders a<1>, b allows ready manipulation of the tube G and the nut C for the purpose of adjusting the respective valves. Figs. 2 and 3 show forms of burners I, k, with attachments J, K, for screwing upon the head H of the mixing-tube A when it is desired to produce a luminous flame, the valve B being then closed.
Patent GB-190010683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cops or Packages of Yarn, Thread or the like for use in Loom Shuttles and for other purposes.
Inventor: WARDWELL SIMON WILLARD
Filed: 1900-06-12
Granted: 1900-09-22
Abstract: 10,683. Wardwell, S. W. June 12. Bobbins and cops.-Relates to cops or packages of yarn, thread, for use in loom shuttles &c. The material is wound on the spindle or core in two or more sections, each composed of a series of crosswound layers, the winding or unwinding of one section being completed before that of another is commenced, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Patent GB-190013047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Fire Escapes.
Inventor: BEHRENS HEINRICH
Filed: 1900-07-19
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 13,047. Behrens, H. July 19. Fire-escapes.-Consists of a ladder, pivoted at a, Fig. 2, and when in use fastened at the upper end to a balcony by a self-acting hook k. When not in use, it is turned into a horizontal position, where it may be concealed by a signboard or the like.
Patent GB-190015032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Beverages by Means of a Gas under Pressure.
Inventor: RITTER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1900-08-22
Granted: 1900-10-20
Abstract: 15,032. Ritter, A. Aug. 22. Beverages, raising and drawing-off.- Relates to apparatus for raising beverages by means of gas under pressure. Between the vessel containing the beverage and the delivery cock is placed a receiver k, which is filled by h y d r o s t a t i c pressure and emptied by g a s pressure. F i g. 4 shows a cross-section of the delivery cock, which is combined with valves controlling the supply of gas to the receiver. Gas from some source of pressure is supplied by a pipe n to one side of the valve e, and the space b on the other side of the valve is in communication through a pipe m with the receiver, which also communicates with the vessel to be emptied through a pipe provided with a non-return valve o. When liquid is to be drawn off, the plug of the delivery cock is placed in the position shown in Fig. 4, in which the port q registers with the pipe p. The valve e is raised so that gas under pressure is supplied by the pipes m and n to the receiver. After the receiver has been emptied, the plug of the delivery cock is rotated so that the valve e is closed and f opened. The gas in the receiver escapes through the valve f and the silencer v, and liquid fills the receiver through the valve o. Fig. 7 shows another form of cock, in which the gascontrolling valves are arranged tandem-wise, and are actuated by a cam on the plug.. As shown, the valve e<1> is open to allow gas to pass from the pipe n to the pipe m and receiver, while the valve f<1> is closed against an india-rubber diaphragm f<3>. When the receiver is to be re-filled, the cam is rotated to allow the valve e<1> to close and the valve f<1> to open.
Patent GB-190104884-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Testing Leather and other Fabrics
Inventor: KENNEDY JOHN ERNEST
Filed: 1901-03-07
Granted: 1901-05-18
Abstract: 4884. Kennedy, J. E. March 7. Testing leather and fabrics.-An apparatus for testing the porosity of leather or fabrics consists of two parts a, b, provided with flanges a<1>, b<1> which are secured together by bolts g with the leather or fabric A stretched smoothly between. One part b has an inlet e for gas under pressure, and the other part has an outlet c for the gas which percolates through the leather or fabric The inlet and outlet have stop cocks e<1>, c<1> respectively, and the outlet is provided with means for indicating the amount of the escaping gas, such as an ordinary gas burner d. A rubber ring k may be inserted between the flanges a<1>, b<1>.
Patent GB-190106344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Generators.
Inventor: BOND GEORGE RAYNOLD
Filed: 1901-03-26
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 6344. Bond, G. R., Buell, A. C., and Washburn, C. D. March 26. Acetylene.-Relates to acetylene generators in which the carbide is fed automatically into the generator by a valve or slide controlled by the gas pressure. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus in elevation. The carbide is fed from a holder h to the generating-chamber a, which is connected with the relief chamber c by means of a hollow base f. The normal water level in the generating and relief chambers is shown by the dotted line b-b, the water being introduced through openings e closed by screw plugs. If an excessive quantity of gas is generated, the water rises in the relief chambers until the gas passes through the base f and escapes by the chambers c and pipes d to the open air. The sediment from the generating-chamber collects in a pocket g provided with an inwardly-opening discharge valve n, Fig. 2. The relief chambers may open by curved ends directly into the generating-chamber. The upper part of the carbideholder h is shown in Fig. 2, and the lower part in Fig. 4. The holder is closed above by a cover i held down by a pivoted arm j and hand-screw k. The discharge valve n of the pocket g is held down by means of the lever o, q and hand-screw r, which is pivoted on an arm t. Both the hand-screws are recessed to engage a rod v, which has a pin-andslot connection with the handle of a three-way valve y. As long as the valve y maintains communication between the generator and the gassupply pipe w, the rod v prevents the opening of the cover i and valve n. To enable them to be opened, the valve y must be turned so as to connect the generator with the waste pipe x, thus blowing off the gas pressure. The carbide is fed from the holder h through an aperture 3, Fig. 4, in a slide 2. The slide 2 is actuated from the diaphragm 10 by means of the stem 14 and levar 24, and cam-surfaces 30, 31 on a slide actuate an agitating-frame 28 which prevents blocking of the carbide in the neck h<1>. The external stem 15 of the diaphragm carries a conical head 18, against which presses the adjustable controlling-spring 23, the 'action of which on the diaphragm serves to balance the gas pressure. In Fig. 4, the screw cap 20 is shown so far unscrewed as to draw the diaphragm to the left and permanently cut off the supply of carbide.
Patent GB-190108322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Nosebags.
Inventor: WHALL CHARLES
Filed: 1901-04-23
Granted: 1902-04-10
Abstract: 8322. Whall, C., and Pfeiffer, J. April 23. Nosebags, attaching to vehicles.-The canvas bag A is attached to a frame B hinged at L so that the mouth of the bag may be closed when not in use. The bag is attached to the pole of the vehicle by a hook F which fits into one of the two slots D in lugs on a ring G hinged at K and clamped to the pole by a screw H.
Patent GB-190112154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wood-grinding Machines for the Manufacture of Wood Pulp.
Inventor: WEGERER HERMANN
Filed: 1901-06-14
Granted: 1901-10-19
Abstract: 12,154. Wegerer, H. June 14. Wood, grinding. -Relates to apparatus for grinding wood in the manufacture of wood pulp. The wood blocks c are placed in boxes r arranged in two groups on opposite sides of a conical grinding-stone a. Each box r is provided with a feeding-door s, and the blocks c are pressed towards the stone by a weighted piston w. In the sides of the boxes are adjustable plates, the ends of which can be moved nearer to the grinding-stone as the latter wears away. Between the boxes of each' group are angular plates in which are recesses containing spraying-pipes for cleaning the stone.
Patent GB-190113145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooking Apparatus
Inventor: HARRIS ALFRED ELLIS
Filed: 1901-06-27
Granted: 1902-09-27
Abstract: 13,145. Harris, A. E. June 27. Gas &c. grilling and cooking stoves. -Grilling or co king apparatus is provided with a pair, or series cf ptirs, of radiating- plates heated by gas, electricity, &c., so that meat &c. supported between the plates is cooked on both sides at once. Apparatus with two cooking-spaces is shown in vertical section in Fig. 5. Perforated radiating-plates f are heated by gas burners h and enclosed in a casing a. Air is supplied to the burners h through apertures a', a<2> in the casing and plates f respectively. The top of the casing is provided with dampers d, and also with apertures for thermometers (not shown). Removable front portions of the casing (not shown) are provided with air inlets at the bottoms, and are attached to wirework plates or grills i pivoted and clipped together. Drip trays k are separate from, or attached to, the removable fronts. In a modification, the burners and radiating-plates are rendered adjustable by screwthreading the gas-supply pipes and providing rotating nuts held against longitudinal movement. In another modification, shown in Fig. 7, the sides of the casing a and the plates f and burners hare adapted to be turned into the horizontal position, to form a hot-plate for boiling &c., as shown in dotted lines, by mounting the gas-supply pipes in bearings o. In some cases, the cooking chamber is elongated and the food traversed, a suitable arrangement consisting of two concentric radiating- plates and an annular rotating table for carrying a series of trays and grills between the plates. Incombustible incandescent fuel may be used in the burner compartments, or combustible fuel may be used, in which case two or more fuel compartments are arranged to be closed together to appear as a single fire when not required for cooking. Liquid fuel is mentioned in the Provisional Specification.
Patent GB-190114520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Printing Presses, especially for Feeding or Positioning Sack Tubes.
Inventor: MCNUTT JOHN FRANKLIN
Filed: 1901-07-16
Granted: 1901-08-17
Abstract: 14,520. McNutt, J. F. July 16. Feeding sheets.-Relates to means for feeding paper bags,or tubes therefor, to printing -machines. s. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the apparatus, and Fig. 4 a diagrammatic plan view. The pile of bags or flattened tubes is placed in a hopper 2 on the frame 1 of the printing - machine. About on a level with the upper surface of the pile is a bed 3, through which project feed - rollers 4 which co-operate with the upper feed - rollers 5. One end of the top tube is opened by the downwardly - inclined end of an arm 7, and a flat plate 12. The plate 12 is pivoted to a support 13, and is pressed down on to the pile by a spring 17. The arm 7 passes through an eye 11 on the plate 12, and is secured to a post extending downwardly from a crank arm 20 on a rock-shaft 15. The end of the opener enters between the upper and lower sides of the bag, the lower side being held down by the plate 12. This end of the sack is next fed forward by a feeder 25, which enters the opened tube and engages its front fold. The feeder consists of a curved plate 25 pivoted on an arm 26 fixed to a rock-shaft 27. To the feeder is secured a rod 34 having a roller 35 which contacts with a stop 36, and the feeder is moved laterally on its pivot, against the pressure of a spring as it approaches the end of its forward movement. A roller 38 holds one corner of the tube, while the other end is fed to one of the front stops 37 by the feeder 25. The other end of the tube is fed forward by a feeder 39, connected by a universal joint 42, 47 to an arm 43 operated by a rod 45 and arm 46 on a rock-shaft 24. The feeder has a hook or tooth 41 on its underside which, as the feeder moves forward, engages a diagonal ridge 52 on a plate 50 to move the feeder laterally. As the hook clears the plate 50, which overhangs the pile, it engages the rear edge of the top tube, Fig. 4, and completes the forward feed of this tube up to the front stops 37. The tube fed forward is registered sideways by a curved plate 53, which the end of the tube engages as it is fed forward. The plate 53 is on the lower end of a lever 55 which is engaged and rocked by an arm 58 on the shaft 24. The plate 53 has a horizontal part 60 which overhangs the bed 3.
Patent GB-190122131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Apparatus for Purifying Gases
Inventor: HUMPHREY HERBERT ALFRED
Filed: 1901-11-02
Granted: 1902-09-18
Abstract: 22,131. Humphrey, H. A. Nov. 2. Air and gas turbines.-Centrifugal apparatus for purifying gases, applicable also for treating gases with liquids, or liquids with gases, so as to effect chemical or phvsical reactions between them, or for simply cooling the gas, is formed of a casing containing one or more centrifugal fans for intimatelv mixing the gas with the liquid. The fans may have turbines combined with them, so that the gas may be delivered at the normal pressure, and the turbine may help to drive the fan. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the shaft f<2> is vertical, and the casing is divided into two parts a', b' by curved channels q. On the shaft f<2> is mounted a disc g<2>, carrying centrifugal fan blades g<3> on its lower surface, and turbine blades g' on its upper surface. Higher up, the shaft carries another fan g'. The liquid enters through perforations r in a reservoir r<1>, and flows downwards through the openings q<1>, curved passages q, and liquid seal tubes s. The gas passes upwards, as shown by the arrows, and escapes by the tangential pipe g<6>. Bye-passes are provided, namely, t for allowing gas to return so as to pass again through the fan, and t<1> to allow liquid to pass downwards. In another form of application, the turbine is separate from the fan but connected to its shaft.
Patent GB-190212658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Ordnance of the Class in which the Gun Barrel alone Recoils.
Inventor: REICHWALD AUGUST
Filed: 1902-06-03
Granted: 1903-02-26
Abstract: 12,658. Reichwald, A., [Krupp, F.]. June 3. Field carriages.-Consists in providing a protective covering of felt strips G, for the exposed parts of the surface b of the cradle B, upon which the gun A recoils. The felt is either carried by the gun A, as shown in Fig. 2, or by the cradle B, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190213359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: PARKS LEONARD DAYTON
Filed: 1902-06-12
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 13,359. Parks, L. D., Honeycut, A. D., Compton, H. S., and Watson, W. M. June 12. Refilling, preventing and detecting. - The neck is formed with an undercut internal annulus 4, below which the cork is pushed and is then covered by some plastic &c. substance 6, on which a seal is impressed. The portion of the seal covering the cork can be readily broken out to open the bottle, but the portion in the annulus is retained by the undercut formation.
Patent GB-190217196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Resistance Devices specially applicable to Electric Heaters.
Inventor: WATERHOUSE LAURENCE MAXWELL
Filed: 1902-08-05
Granted: 1903-07-09
Abstract: 17,196. Waterhouse, L. M. Aug. 5. Heating by electricity.-A resistance, for heating a saucepan or other object, consists of a strip of mica, or other insulator, partly coated on one side with a thin layer of metal or other conductive material, and protected by mica and sheet metal covers f ; the whole may be curved circularly to fit round a saucepan, the ends k being connected together by bolts to secure it thereon. The resistant coating may be made as described in Specifications Nos. 7782 and 12,229, A.D. 1895, [Abridgment Class Electricity, Measuring &c.], and No. 10,585, A.D. 1898 ; it is thickened at the ends, where it is in contact with metal clips d on another strip of mica, which serves to cover the coating. The two mica strips are then enclosed between two longer metal strips, one of which f has openings to receive the clips d, and to pass out conducting strips e attached to them. The same metal strip f has its ends doubled over and perforated at k to receive the bolts. The two metal strips are connected together by any suitable means, as by folding the edges h of one over the other. In a modification, two or more coated mica strips are jointed end to end in a metal cover; the intermediate terminals are brought out and connected together. One of the metal strips may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190224705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Contact Clamps for Electric Conductors.
Inventor: CAROLAN EDGAR ALFRED
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 24,705. Carolan, E. A., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 11. Rheostats. -Relates to self-aligning contact clamps for coupling the leads and resistance rods composing a rheostat. The resistance rods 1, of carbon or other material, are secured at their ends in eyes 4, preferably split, formed on bolts 6 and fitted with convex ears 14, which bear on insulating- plates 13 placed on each side of the metallic baseplate 2. The bolts 6, which pass through large holes in the plates 2,13, are insulated by sleeves 8 and are secured in place and connected to the eyes 11 of the leads 3 by nuts 10, 12, bearing on preferably hollow washers 9. The arrangement allows the bolts to rock slightly in the plate 2, so as to avoid the danger of breaking rods not in alignment, and causes the eyes 4 to securely grip the rods 1 when the nuts are tightened.
Patent GB-190300756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stereotype Plate Clamping Devices
Inventor: NEWTON HENRY EDWARD
Filed: 1903-01-12
Granted: 1903-03-19
Abstract: 756. Newton, H. E., [Hoe, R.]. Jan. 12. Formes, securing in machines.- Relates to clamping-devices for securing sterotype plates on the beds on which they are supported during printing. Fig. 1 shows a plan and Fig. 2 a section of one arrangement. Grooves 2 are formed diagonally across the supporting- block 1 or cylinder on which the plates 6 are to be secured, such grooves being preferably undercut, as shown at 3. The clamps consist of plates 4 having undercut sides, and depending portions 7 formed on or attached to the plate. The parts 7 enter the grooves 2, and may be lifted vertically out of them. In the part 7 is a chamber 8 for a clamping member or ball 10, which is pressed laterally into engagement with the undercut walls of the grooves 2 by a screw 13, the end of which engages the ball on one side of its vertical centre line. A roller may replace the ball 10, and means are preferably provided for preventing the ball or roller from leaving the chamber 8. Fig. 11 shows a clamp in which the plate 4 is separate from the part 9, and the latter carries a pair of rollers 11 spread apart by a ball 15. The plate 4 bears on the ball 15, and may be pressed down on to it by a screw connecting the two parts. Fig. 17 shows another form of clamp, in which the plate 4 has a depending wedge-shaped part 16 projecting down into the groove 2. The groove preferably has inclined sides, as shown. Two wedge-shaped pieces 17 are placed one on each side of the part 16, and when these are drawn up by the screw 18 they are spread apart and clamped against the walls of the groove. The wedge-shaped pieces 17 are preferably loosely connected one to the other by cross-pins.
Patent GB-190304324-A (GB)
Title: Improved Photographic Pocket Camera.
Inventor: LANGE ADOLPH RICHARD
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1903-05-28
Abstract: 4324. Lange, A. R., and Eichapfel, r. W. B. Feb. 24. Cameras; roller slides.-Relates to a pocket camera adapted for use with both films and plates. Fig. 1 shows the camera when used with films. The inner casing d of the roller slide is made to fit over the back frame a, to which the bellows b is connected, so that the film i lies in the focal plane. The spools of the roller slide are contained in the lateral receptacles f, g, and the film passes over guide-rollers k, l. Fig. 4 shows the camera when used with a double dark slide containing plates p. The frame n is placed against the end of the back frame a, where it is held by spring catches r, the dimensions of the dark slide being such that the face of the front plate lies in the focal plane. The camera is folded up by bending the front t forward at the spring joint v, pushing back the slide on the hinged baseboard c, and closing the baseboard into the position shown in Fig. 5.